Impact of colonisation on the Native Americans Flashcards
Why were diseases like cholera such a threat to the indigenous people?
Native people had no immunity to new illnesses
What types of diseases did the British colonists bring?
smallpox, cholera and measles - amongst many more
Why did the Native Americans call the Europeans the ‘white devils’?
They seemed to be able to kill people without touching them
What is Manifest Destiny?
The colonists believed that the huge death rate was happening because God wanted the colonists to have this land to cultivate and industrialise
Where did the colonists travel under the ‘right’ of Manifest Destiny?
That they had the right to travel further West and settle.
What was a reservation?
These were enclosed areas of land - often that deemed infertile and useless by the colonists.
What was the general view that the colonists had of the Native Americans?
They saw them as savages and heathens
What was the Sand Creek Massacre 1864?
When US militia under Colonel Chivington attacked a peaceful Cheyenne and Arapaho village in Colorado
How many people were killed in The Sand Creek Massacre?
160, 2/3s were women and children
What was the aftermath of the Sand Creek Massacre?
Chivington resigned from his position, people were shocked by his actions
